Springs for railroad-cars



- P. RILEY.

Car Spring.

Patented June 21. 1839.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK RILEY, OF SHAMOKIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPRINGS FOR RAILROAD-CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 1,180, dated June 21, 1839.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PATRICK RILEY, of the town of Shainokin, in the county of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Arrangement of Springs for Railroad- Cars, &c., which is described as follows, reference being had to the annexed drawing of the same, making part of this specification.

Figure 1, represents a side elevation of a part of a car to which one set of the springs are applied. Fig. 2, represents a vertical section of the same part, through the boxes containing the spiral springs.

A A Figs. 1 and 2 represent the boxes for containing the spiral springs and the ends of the bow-spring. These boxes are made of cast iron, of suitable size and shape to receive the spiral springs and the ends of the bow spring and to allow them to play easily therein and are fastened to the under side of the side timber F of the car or other situation where it may be required to place them.

B B are the spiral springs made of good steel in the usual manner, and placed in the boxes A A.

C represents the bow-spring, or arch plate. This is made of good steel and is fastened at its center to the journal box-its ends extending from said journal box to the right and left into the boxes A A and pressing against the spiral springs therein.

F represents a section of one of the side timbers of a car to which the spiral spring boxes and adjusting plate are fastened.

E represents the guard or adjusting side plate for adjusting the car or journal box.

This description refers to the application of this improvement to rail road cars; but it may be applied to carriages of various descriptions, and to other objects.

One great advantage to be derived from the before described mode of application of spiral springs in combination with the inverted arch spring, is the great saving of expense in the construction of rail road carsone set of springs of this description being "furnished for less than one third the expense of the ordinary elliptic spring and sustaining the same weight.

\Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The application of the spiral springs com bined with the inverted arch or bow spring or plate to locomotive rail road cars, and other objects in the manner before described, or in any other mode substantially the same.

PATRICK RILEY.

Witnesses WM. P. ELLIOT, J. L. RAncLIrr, 

